50+ min ago  (219+ words) It is easy to forget that what we think of as "constitutional democracy" covers fewer than half of the world"s sovereign states. Constitutional democracy as we know it was developed in England over the course of about 500 years, and…...

56+ min ago  (1056+ words) Socialist Alternative's annual Marxism conference, held over the Easter long weekend, marked a further lurch to the right by this pseudo-left organisation." That was shown by the suppression of any discussion of the US war against Iran, which was not…...

3+ hour ago  (619+ words) People who promote hatred of Muslims risk driving them to Islamic State. They are making Australia less safe The Farrer byelection looks as though it will be a contest between the local independent, Michelle Milthorpe, and the One Nation candidate,…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (21+ words) Judgment: Cases that Changed Australia on ABC and ABC iview S1 E3 - When asylum seekers" futures are argued before the High Court...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago  (132+ words) Three protesters have been dragged out of a resources sector breakfast that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is due to address in Perth. The protesters jumped on the stage at the event and started shouting and putting up "Disrupt Burrup hub…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago  (209+ words) Wanning Sun is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Technology, Sydney, and is deputy director of the UTS Australia-China Relations Institute. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a member…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (237+ words) PRE-polling has opened in Australia'for a critical by-election in Farrer, Victoria. If the One Nation Party candidate David Farley'defeats his Independent rival, he will, in ABC's words, "shatter one of the'thickest of'political glass ceilings of the past three decades'.'Farrer…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (746+ words) We're counting down to the Senedd election, and gearing up to what could be a very revealing hour-and-a-half of television at Tuesday's leaders' debate. Political debates can be tetchy and noisy at times, but they're also an opportunity for voters…...

10+ hour, 36+ min ago  (596+ words) One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party's leader has a positive rating among all age groups A majority of surveyed Australians approve of Pauline Hanson's leadership of One Nation, giving her a higher…...

19+ hour, 20+ min ago  (24+ words) Menafn US Urges Global Coalition to Secure Strait of Hormuz Amid Iran Tensions...